From e0b9257ced4b969542d8826bac1763e32f7bdbe1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Fred T. Hamster" Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 09:12:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] updated help instructions needs to explicitly be passed the hostname:path style parameter now. --- scripts/archival/general_updater.sh | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/archival/general_updater.sh b/scripts/archival/general_updater.sh index a9677c88..f0a056fe 100644 --- a/scripts/archival/general_updater.sh +++ b/scripts/archival/general_updater.sh @@ -168,7 +168,13 @@ function uber_archive_comparator() local dir_remote="${remote_arch##*:}" if [ "$remote_host" == "$dir_remote" ]; then - echo "failure in parsing parameters--the remote destination is missing a directory." + echo " +failure in parsing destination--the remote destination is missing the hostname +component or the directory path. the parameter should be in the form: + myhostname:/path/to/compare/location +given this path, the script will compare the MAJOR_ARCHIVE_SOURCES against +the target location on host 'myhostname' under the path '/path/to/...'. +" return 1 fi -- 2.34.1